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TV digital switch help
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Tomasz-London
Senior Member
At a rate of R400 per box this will buy 6 000 000 boxes.
Can I get one please? And yes, I pay for a TV licence.
Can I get one please? And yes, I pay for a TV licence.
LancelotSA
Banned
I wouldn't know. But since I can afford a phone line and broadband, maybe I'm not too poor...
Battery
Active Member
They should use the money elsewhere? Perhaps build green towers instead of the pebblebed reactor. Cost them 11billion only to find out it doesn't work and for the same money they would've had a completely green solution that offers 12 times more power than the pebblebed... hmmmm ponders AAAAH I LOVE ZOOS!!!!
LancelotSA
Banned
I wouldn't know. But since I can afford a phone line and broadband, maybe I'm not too poor...
I also briefly put some thought into it... then realised I am wearing a pair of shorts with no holes in it.... and more importantly I have a laptop on my lap so not sure I qualify!
But 5 million does mean a fair whack of the population considering it says "poorest TV-owning households". The very poorest of poor do not have TVs, so who knows, we may scrape in!!
I also briefly put some thought into it... then realised I am wearing a pair of shorts with no holes in it.... and more importantly I have a laptop on my lap so not sure I qualify!
But 5 million does mean a fair whack of the population considering it says "poorest TV-owning households". The very poorest of poor do not have TVs, so who knows, we may scrape in!!
True. I am scared however that they will look at housing for qualifying people- I often see people in Mamelodi who live in shacks, yet own X5's and ML's....
LancelotSA
Banned
tjunyat
Senior Member
Surely this money could be better used elsewhere?
Or does this just supply an easy way to make sure the people are at home, watching TV, rather than thinking about how bad guavamunt is running this country?
Or does this just supply an easy way to make sure the people are at home, watching TV, rather than thinking about how bad guavamunt is running this country?
LancelotSA
Banned
And if they didn't provide assistance with this switch then someone else would be moaning about that.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Historically government has had a problem spending all they have budgeted for, so money is not the concern....
Penquin
Expert Member
I say the government should throw more money at this.... And then use it to subside the price of HD TV's.. Imagine buying that new 65" Full HD plasma for R4000.
adrianx
Expert Member
Well, if you consider that SABC TV is one of the government's most effective propaganda machines, it doesn't surprise me at all.
Good point. Theoretically, the answer would be no. Since the law states that you have to have a TV license if you own a device capable of receiving broadcast TV signals (VHF, UHF). One could then argue that when they remove the analog signal, that your device is no longer capable of receiving broadcast TV signals.
LancelotSA
Banned
EchoZA
Expert Member
been paying SABC for +-16 years and have not watched any "local" guavament broadcasts! Do I qualify? Or should I "lie" in the sun somemore?
You know you will. The government (or ICASA) will simply change the requirements of the license to "any device on which you can view television [or contains a "tv-tuner"]).
'Theoretically', because I am not a lawyer.